Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-14
TALMAGE's SERMON,
The Weekly Discourse of the Great
Brooklyn Preacher
Subject of Discourse. "Free
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too hot, or too cold, or of too rttrefed atmo,
sphere for residence. But, if not fit for
human abode, they may be fit for beings diff
terent from and superior to ourselves We
are told that the world of Jupiter is changing
until 1t is almost fit for creatures like the
human race, and that Mars would do for the
human family with a little change in the
structure of the respiratory organs. But that
there is great world swung somewhere, vast
beyond Imagination, and that it is the head
quarters of the universe and the metropolis Of
immensity, and has q population in numbers
vast beyond all statistics, AMI appointments
OF spendor beyond the capacity of canvas, or
poem, or angel to describe, is as certain as
the Bible Is authentic. Perhaps soms o. tho
astronomers with their big telescopes have
already caught glimpse of it, not knowing
what it is. We spell it with six letters and
pronounce it heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived nineteen
centuries ago. He was the Kings son. 1t was
the old homestead Of eternity, and all its
castles were as old as Cod Not frost had
ever chilled the air. Not O tear had ever
rolled down the cheek Of one of its inhab-
itants. There had never been In it a head
ache, OF. a sideache or q heartache There
had not been funeral in the memory of the
oldest inhabita1it There had never in all tie
land been woven black veil, for there had
never heen anything to mourn over. The
passage OF millions Of years had not wrinkled
or crippled or bedimmed any of its citizens.
All the people there were in a state of eternal
adolescence. What floral and pononic bright
ness! Gardens Of perpetual bloom and
orchards In unending frIltage. Had some
spirit from another world entered and asked ;
What is sins what is bereavement what is
Sorrow2 what is deatha the brightest of the
lntelligences would have failed to give deflai-
ton, though to study the question there were
silence in heaven for half an hour. The
Prince OF whom ] speak had hOnors, emolu-
ments, acclamationS, such as no other
Prince celestial or terrestrial, ever
enjoyed As he passed the street, the
inhabitants took off from their brows gar
lands OF white lilies and threw them in the
way He never entered any of the temples
without all the worshipers rising up and bow
ing in obeisance. In all the professions OF
the high days he was the one who evoked the
loudest welcome Sometimes on foot, walk
ing in loving talk with the hulnblest of the
land, but at other times he took chariot, and
among the 10000 that David spoke Of his
was the SwifteSt and most flaming; or as
when John described him, he took white pal
frey with what prance Of foot, and arch OF
neck, and roll OF name, and CLEAN of eye is
only dimly suggested in the Arocalypse. He
was not like other Princes, waiting for the
father to die and then take the throne.
When few years ago an artist in Germany
made picture for the Royal gallery repre-
sentilg Emperor William on the throne. and
the Crown Prince as having one foot on the
step Of the throne, Emperor William ordered
the picture changed, and said: "Let the
Prince keep his foot Off the throne till l
leave it."
Already enthroned was the heavenly
Prince, side by side with the Father. What a
circle of dominionl What myrmidons of ad.
mirers! What unending round of glories!
a hn tNXHr
Of all the Inhabitants, from the center OF the
city, on over the hills and clear down to the
beach, against which the ocean OF immensity
rolls its billows, the Prince was the acknowl-
edged favorite. No wonder my text SAYS
that "he was rich" Set all the diamonds OF
the earth in one scepter, build all the palaces
of the earth in one Alhambra, gather all the
pearls of the sea in one diadem, put all the
values Of the earth in one coin the aggregate
would not express his afiiuence Yes, Paul
was right. Solomon had in gold $780, ,00O
and in silver &1, ,O2J, ,O00,317 sterling. But a
greater than Solomon is here. Not the mill.
lonaire but the Quadrillionaire of heaven. 10
describe his celestial surroundings the Bible
uses all colors, gathering them in rainbow
over the throne and setting them as agate in
the temple window, and hosting twelve of
them into wall from striped jasper at the
oase to transparent amethyst in the capstone,
While between are green of emerald, and
snow OF pearl and blue ofsapphire, and yellow
OF topaz, gray Of Chrysoprasus, and flame of
jacinth. All the loneliness of landscape in
foliage, and river, and rill, and all enchaut.
ment aqCamarne, tie sea of glass mingled
with lire as when the sun sinks in the Medi.
terranean. All the thrill of music. instru
mental and vocal, Earps, trumpets doxo-
llogies There stood the Prince, surrounded
by those who had under their wings the
velocity of millions of miles in q second rich
III love- rich in alteration, rich IN power, ricl
In worship, rich in holiness, rich as Col.
But one day there was big disaster in q
department of Gods universe. A race fallen
world in ruins. Our planet the sceue OF
catastrophel A globe swinging out into dark
ness, with mountains and seas and islands
an awful centrifugal of sin seeming to over
power the ca ltiful centripetal of righteous
ness, and from it a groan reached helven
Such sound had never been heard there
Flenty OF sweet sounds, but never an outcr1
OF distress or an echo of agony At that on
Groan the Prince rose from all the blissfu
circumference ana started for the outer gate
and descended into the night Of this world
Out Of what q bright harbor into what rough
seal Stay with us" cried angel after ange
and potenate after potenate. NO." sale
the Prince, Il cannot stay; | must bt
off for that wreck OF a world
must stop that groan. | must hush tina
distress Imust fathom that way. l mus
redeem those nations. Farewell, thrones anC
temples, companions cherubic, seraphic, arch
angelic Excuse this absence, for ] vii
come back again, carrying on my shoulder {
ransomed world. Till this is done l choos
earthly scott to heavenly acclamation, and
catt,e pen to a Kings palace, frigid zone o
earth to atmosphere of celestial radiance.
have no time to lose, for bark We the groaI
! that grows mightier while | wait. Farewell
FAREWELL"
"Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesu
Christ, that, though He was rich,ye for you
sakes He became poor"
Was there ever a contrast so overpoweripI
as that between the monday of Christ
celestial departure and the midnight of hi
earthly arrivals Sure enongh, the angel
were out that night in the sky, and specia
meteor acted as escort, but all that was from
other worlds, and not from this world. Tht
earth made no demonstration OF welcome. L
one of the great Princes of the world step!
out at q depot cheers resound, and the band
play, and the flags wave But for the arriva
of this missionary Prince of the skies not
| torch tared, not trumpet blew, not plum
fluttered. All the music and the pomp were
| overhead Our world opened for him nothing
! better than a barn door. The Rajah o
| Cashmere sent to Victoria bedsead o
/ carved gold and canopy that cost $3.50, 900
but the world had for the Prince of Heavel
and Earth only litter of straw. The crow
jewels in the Tower of London amount t,
Sl5,O00,0O0, but this member OF eterna
royalty had not where to lay his head, II
know how poor he was ask the camel drivers
ask the Shepherds ask Mary, ask the thre
wise men of the East who afterwart
came there, young Caspar and middle ageC
Balhasar and old Meichoir. To know how poo
he was, examine all the records OF real estat
in all that oriental country, and see what
owned. Not one OF what morsgage sru wa was h, h
the Inortgageei OF what tenement was ht
the landlordf OF what lease was he th,
lesseel Who ever paid him rent1 Not own.
! ing the boat on which he sailed, or the beast
on which he rode, or the pillow on whish h,